jayakris wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:59 am
Argh. He picked the right time when I'm abroad, to do all these fireworks. Go on Gunner. LP's highest ranking of 73 is within reach now. He can become the 5th highest ranked Indian ever (after RK, VA, RK, and SKD). Wow. Who woulda thunk? Jay
I don't think it's fair to say that RK, VA, Ramesh and Somdev are the top-4 Indian singles players of all time by rankings. Ramanathan Krishnan was ranked as high as 3 in the amateur rankings, but we cannot say for sure that he was in the top-10 in the world even at that point -- because many of the top pros were better than the best amateurs, but we can't be sure how many of the top pros would have beaten the top amateurs.
Similarly, Jaidip Mukerjea made the last-16 at Wimbledon four times (once in the Open era, albeit in the year -- 1973 -- when many of the top pros boycotted Wimbledon). Surely, he and Premjit Lall were among the top-50 players in the world for several years (including professionals and amateurs). In the Open era (but before ATP rankings began), Lall came closest to beating Rod Laver during the year that he won a calendar Grand Slam (the only one to have done it in the Open era).